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    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • 224-Gezira Scheme Irrigation System Performance after 80 years of Operation. 
    Ahmed, Abdalla A. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Gezira Scheme (GS) is considered one of the oldest irrigation systems in Africa and the Arab region. Moreover, its the largest scheme (0.90 million ha) in the world under a single management. The length of the irrigation ...
  • 231-Irrigation Water Management Using a Dynamic Crop Growth Model. 
    Soundharajan, B.; Sudheer, K. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    There has been a considerable increase in the irrigated agricultural areas all over the world in the last few decades. The major reason for such an increase can be attributed to growing demand for food by the increasing ...
  • 227-Water Resource Management of Chandrabhaga River Basin, Chikaldhara Region, Amravati District, Maharashtra, India 
    Khadri, S. F. R. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Detailed hydrogeological and hydro-geochemical investigations have been carried out for a part of Chandrabhaga river basin exposed around the Chikaldhara region, Amravati District, Maharashtra. with an aim to ...
  • 282-Promotion of Cleaner Energy Production for Meeting the Energy Security in the Indian Context 
    Ghose, Mrinal K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The global energy requirement has grown at a phenomenon rate and the consumption of primary energy sources has been a very high positive growth. This paper focuses on the consumption of different primary energy sources and ...
  • 257-Long-Term Integrated Water Management in the German Elbe River Basin. 
    Becker, Alfred (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A general Integration Methodology and Approach management in large river basins. Main steps of the approach are: 1. Problem description and goals definition 2. Conceptualisation 3. Scenario definition and alternative ...
  • 203-Study on Inter-Plant Economical Operation of Cascade Hydropower. 
    Jiqing, Li; Changming, Ji; Xiaowei, Zhou; Yushang, Zhang (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Regional Operation of Electricity market has begun in China. With the development of China's market economy, hydropower will enter the arena of bidding for connection to the grid in the light of "fair, impartial and open" ...
  • 221-Predicting Vulnerable Bank Erosion Zones in a Large River Meander. 
    Karmaker, Tapas; Dutta, Subashisa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A two dimensional hydrodynamic and morphological river flow model has been developed which solves the continuity and momentum equations. It predicts the rate of bank erosion, bed level changes and so on. The model is used ...
  • 212-Modeling Suspended Sediment Movement during Floods in Surface Flows. 
    Tsai, Christina W.; Man, Chuanjian (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A stochastic diffusion jump model in response to extreme flows is proposed herein to describe the movement of sediment particles in surface waters. The proposed particle tracking model classifies the movement of particles ...
  • 211-Grain-Size Evolution of Sediments Transported by Runoff Generated by Moving Storms. 
    Lima, Joao L. M. P. de; Souza, Cristiano S.; Singh, Vijay P.; Lima, M. Isabel P. de; Azevedo, Jose M. M.; Cunha, Pedro P.; Dinis, Pedro A. M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This study presents the results of laboratory experiments designed to investigate the influence of moving rainfall storms on the dynamics of sediment transport by surface runoff. Experiments were carried out using a soil ...
  • 214-Hydrological Behaviour of Mierobiotic Crusts on Sand Dunes of NW China - Experimental Evidences and Numerical Simulations. 
    Coppola, Antonio; Tedeschi, Anna; Basile, Angelo; Menenti, Massimo; Wang, Xinping; Comegna, Vincenzo (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    : Large ecological engineering projects were established to reduce and combat the hazards of sandstorms and desertification in northern China. An experiment to evaluate the effects of dunes stabilization by vegetation was ...
  • 226-Capability of Hydrus-2D Model for Simulation of Water Distribution in Irrigation Systems. 
    Ajdary, Khalil (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Study of water distribution in the soil is essential for appropriate design of drip irrigation system. Water distribution in the soil depend on the hydraulic properties of the soil and emitter discharge. Experiments were ...
  • 264-Water Losses and Economical Savings of Few Industries at Visakhapatnam. 
    Kolluru, Satish Kumar; Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Konda, Anitha Kanthi (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water audit identifies water uses such as sanitation, irrigation, heating and cooling process and maintenance of the distribution system. Unaccountable losses are investigated and areas are identified using water auditing, ...
  • 218-Effect of Cohesion on Detachment of Clay-Sand-Gravel Mixtures. 
    Jain, Rajesh K.; Kothyari, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The knowledge of detachment and transport of sediments by the stream flow is necessary for solving various problems like soil erosion in catchments, reservoir sedimentation, stable channel design, river bed degradation ...
  • 261-Interlinking Rivers of South Asia for Improving the Quality of Life. 
    Acharya, Bishwa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal) is home to nearly one-fifth of the world's population residing on one-fiftieth of the land area of our Planet Earth. South Asia has the highest population density (400 ...
  • 239-Fallacies in Indian Watershed Management Programme. 
    Gosain, A. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The spatial and temporal variability experienced in the weather conditions of a local area as well as the landmass on which they act makes the overall system highly dynamic and therefore complex to understand in terms of ...
  • 263-Integrated Water Resource Management 
    Pandey, Vikrama; Mishra, S. S.; Dey, U. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water is a critical, but often overlooked, element in sustainable development. Water is a key ingredient in generating rural livelihoods, growing food, producing energy, encouraging industrial and service sector growth, ...
  • 230-Modelling Hydrological Impacts of Continuous Contour Trench Conservation Systems. 
    Nagdeva, M.; Bharad, G. M.; Singh, R.; Patra, J. P.; Raghuwanshi, N. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Continuous Contour Trench (CCT) system, developed for plantation in non-arable lands in low rainfall areas, has been found to be very effective in soil and water conservation, leading to considerably high groundwater ...
  • 253-Irrigation and Fertilizer Management for Potato in a Subtropical Region. 
    Panda, Rabindra K.; Behera, Subrat K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Sustainability of irrigated agriculture mainly depends upon efficient management of water and fertilizer in order to enhance crop productivity, minimize leaching and ground water pollution related problems. Potato is one ...
  • 274-Integrated Watershed Management by Utilising RS and GIS Techniques 
    Nune, Rajesh; Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Chowdary, P. Prabhakara (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Watershed is a Geo-hydrological unit draining at common point by a system of streams. Watershed Management is the rational utilization of land and water resources for Optimum production with minimum hazard to Natural ...